After Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the language repealing the taxes and registration requirements for NFA items like suppressors, short barreled firearms, and "any other weapons" could not be included in the One Big Beautiful Bill,
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and others quickly floated an alternative:
zeroing out the making and transfer taxes, while keeping the registration requirements in place.
That language has now been included in the
text of the budget bill that's slated for a preliminary procedural vote in the Senate later today (you can find it on page 491).
The new language would zero out the making and transfer taxes on suppressors, short barrel rifles and shotguns, as well as "any other weapons", which should satisfy the demands of Second Amendment organizations NRA, GOA, SAF, FPC, American Suppressor Association, F.A.I.R. Trade Group, and the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers; who released a
joint statement on the reconciliation bill Friday night.